
Suchitra Mattai (b. 1973 Georgetown, Guyana; based in Los Angeles, CA) is a multi-disciplinary who received an MA in South Asian Art and MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Recent solo exhibitions include Suchitra Mattai: Myth from Matter, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; With abundance we meet, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Suchitra Mattai: Bodies and Souls, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL; Suchitra Mattai: We Are Nomads, We Are Dreamers, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY and a forthcoming exhibition at the Josyln Museum, Omaha NE. Select group exhibitions include Wired for Wonder, Kidspace Children’s Museum, Pasadena, CA; Allegedly the worst is behind us, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA; The Appearance: Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean, Americas Society, New York, NY; A Garden of Promise and Dissent, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT and Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora,1990s-Today, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA and MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Her works are represented in the permanent collections of Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum,Tampa Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, National Museum of Women in the Arts, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum and the Tia Collection.